A Columbia University MFA with honors graduate, Darya has been involved in independent filmmaking for the past 6 years. She's produced several documentaries including award-winning 'Gogol Bordello - Non-Stop' and directed a number of short films. With an instinct for impressive cinematography and an amazing sense for storytelling, all Darya's films deliver a great feeling of compassion and humanity. In 2014 she directed a half hour pilot for a Russian network TNT that was greenlit for production. Her most recent short film, 'What Doesn't Kill You' premiered at South By Southwest film festival in 2015. Darya is currently working on her first feature as well as developing a TV series.